Digital Publishing: Managing Updates

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About This Episode

Adobe updates the components of the Digital Publishing Suite about every six weeks. Some users have been confused about which updates to install and when to do this. Adobe Digital Publishing Evangelist Colin Fleming helps clear up this confusion.
The two major components are the Folio Builder and Folio Producer Tools downloads. This video discusses these and other components, when one should install these updates, and when one should wait to install them.

Greet new readers with the iOS Welcome Screen, this feature has been expanded in the January 2014 update to Adobe Digital Publishing suite to support both iPhone and iPad for DPS Enterprise users. The Welcome screen appears the first time the app is launched after installing the app, and on first launch after an app update is installed. This is a great moment to greet new readers and inform all readers of options or new features in your app, guide subscribers to their content, and engage with your readership.

Access new baseline analytics reports and view Standard Audience Accumulation metrics for digital readership that comply with the MPA Tablet Metrics guidelines. View new reports that deliver standard visibility into total readers, total sessions, total time spent per reader, and average sessions per reader - along with the ability to set accumulation settings across standard metrics. In addition, navigate baseline analytics dashboards more easily in the DPS Dashboard with a revamped, improved user interface. Gain access to analytics and export report data, including app launches, folio downloads, and content/interactivity performance - all more rapidly with the redesigned UI.

Encourage repeat readers and subscribers on iOS by alerting readers of new content with custom text notifications, provided through Digital Publishing Suite. Notify customers of new folio content through custom text messages, without having to integrate with a third-party push notification service. In addition, measure customer reaction to push notifications, including the number of readers who opt-in to receiving push alerts.

Build apps that comply with Apple iOS7 design guidelines, including new light-colored user interface design themes. Excite readers with an updated user interface that uses translucency, clarity, and motion to engage and draw readers into your content. Use newly designed slot icons, subscription dialogs, navigation bars, Activity Sheets for sharing and more in the Viewer UI to help your readers navigate within your app and experience your content within iOS7 design guidelines. In addition, share articles with people near you using AirDrop, available as a new sharing option in iOS7 apps. Generate interest in your content when recipients receive shared article links via AirDrop, and open articles with one-click access in the new Mobile Safari Web Viewer (available for iPad) to experience interactivity and rich article content in the browser.

Analytics labels for overlays— Are you confused by the labels you see in your SiteCatalyst Overlay ID report? Learn how to control these labels and judge the value of certain report labels. This video is part of a mini-series talking about how content is named and labeled in SiteCatalyst reports and discusses a broader range of overlays that are shown in the Overlay ID report in SiteCatalyst.

Analytics labels for videos— Want to know how to control the name of your video in analytics? This video reveals how video, audio, and Edge Animate files are labeled in DPS Analytics. This video is part of a mini-series about how content is named using InDesign and labeled in SiteCatalyst reports.

Analytics labels for folio, articles, and ads— Want to understand how folio and articles are labeled in DPS Analytics? This video is part of a mini-series talking about how content is named and labeled in SiteCatalyst reports and focuses on folios, articles, and advertisements in DPS, where you will see their labels in reports, and how to control these labels.

Digital Publishing customers with Adobe SiteCatalyst access are able to tap into deep analytics data for their apps. They gain insight by using reports and dashboards to visualize their data. In this video I’ll take you on a brief tour of how to customize reports and how to construct dashboards.

Adobe SiteCatalyst customers can access analytics data for their Digital Publsihing applications to discover information about how their readers are using their application and how they're interacting with the content. This video is a basic introduction to DPS analytics.

Streamline the production process and improve collaboration with new Copy Folio functionality. Copy an entire folio to your account using one-click access from the Folio Producer Service, eliminating the need to copy and rebuild a folio article-by-article. Insert content, including editorial and advertising, from content contributors and agencies more easily with the streamlined Copy Folio workflow. In addition, automate folio copying with access to the Copy Folio API.

Drive new readership and interest in your content through new social sharing integration with Pinterest, available for iPad and iPhone. Enable consumers to pin the image of an article page to their pinboards, using the new Pinterest option in the drop-down social sharing menu. From Pinterest, readers can click on the page image to experience interactive article content on device or in the Web Viewer, and publishers can implement paywall limits on the number of articles available for viewing.

Convert browsers into buyers through in-app merchandising. Pique readers’ interest with selected free articles and encourage them to pay for premium content with upsell prompts as they navigate from free article to other articles in the publication. Learn more on the Adobe DPS Help Site: http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/digital-publishing-suite/help/whats-new-release.html

Bring new customers to your brand and extend the reach of your publication by embedding it on your Web site. Include surrounding design elements that convey a consistent, on-message and branded experience for your customers. Learn more on the Adobe DPS Help Site: http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/digital-publishing-suite/help/whats-new-release.html

Reduce authoring costs and enhance the reader experience with PDF content on Android devices. Reduce file size, improve download times and scale content for up-close reading. Also preview PDF content destined for Android and iOS devices in Content Viewer for Desktop. Learn more on the Adobe DPS Help Site: http://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/digital-publishing-suite/help/whats-new-release.html

DigPublishing: New First Folio Free and Digital Blow-in Features, January 2013

The January 2013 update to DPS introduces a number of new features for improving the new reader experience by offering one free folio to new readers and the option for digital "blow-in" communications. This video introduces these new features.

Loading icons, splash screens, optional art work, and mobile provision files requires a lot of clicking if you use the load icons in the Viewer Builder. This trick makes the loading super easy, especially if your assets are easy to find and select in the Finder.

The June 2012 update to the components of the Digital Publishing Suite include a couple new, user-facing features. This video provides an overview of new Digital Publishing Suite features including: previewing a single layout on iPad (for Mac users) and a new setting to control "Viewer Version" when creating a folio.

Adobe updated the components of the Digital Publishing Suite in May 2012. This video provides an overview of sharing in DPS apps, controling what is shared and paywall setup, and how sharing works from an iPad.

Adobe updated the components of the Digital Publishing Suite in May 2012. This video provides an overview of new features found in Viewer Builder inlcuding: building Viewers for iPhone, universal iOS Viewers, adding artwork for HD apps, and some sharing controls.

Adobe updated the components of the Digital Publishing Suite in May 2012. This video provides an overview of new design features including iPhone authoring, renditions for multiple devices, and new workflows for InDesign to generate alternate layouts for these devices.

Adobe updated the components of the Digital Publishing Suite in May 2012. This video provides an overview of new production options for Digital Publishing Suite. New features include background publishing, a new interface, and options to control both article sharing and TOC listings

Adobe updates the components of the Digital Publishing Suite about every six weeks. Some users have been confused about which updates to install and when to do this. Adobe Digital Publishing Evangelist Colin Fleming helps clear up this confusion.
The two major components are the Folio Builder and Folio Producer Tools downloads. This video discusses these and other components, when one should install these updates, and when one should wait to install them.

The mid-March update to Digital Publishing Suite introduces new features for custom Viewers for Digital Publishing Suite applications. This video introduces new features including: iPad3 support in Viewer Builder, bookmarks, and sharing to Facebook.

The mid-March update to Digital Publishing Suite introduces a new type of overlay called Scrollable Frame and refined how Pan & Zoom is handled. This video introduces theses features along with a cursory discussion of iPad3 authoring for Digital Publishing Suite.

In this episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast I'll show you how to use the recently updated Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) tools to create scrolling slideshows that can contain pictures, captions and even movies.

You've built your folios and now you want to distribute your work as an application for iPad or Android. In this lesson you'll learn what's involved in using the Viewer Builder to get your custom viewer ready for submission to your favorite app store.

In this video, you will learn about the different options available to analyze your content once it has been published to a tablet device - whether you are a Single, Professional or Enterprise Edition customer.

InDesign CS5.5 and the Digital Publishing Suite from Adobe allow you to add engaging, interactive content to your publication, and then distribute it to a wide range of screens and devices. In this video, you will learn how to design engaging interactive content using the Overlay Creator panel in InDesign CS5 and CS5.5.

InDesign CS5.5 and the Digital Publishing Suite from Adobe allow you to add engaging, interactive content to your publication, and then distribute it to a wide range of screens and devices. In this video, you will learn all the steps necessary to prepare to use DPS successfully. You will get a comprehensive overview of all the items you need to install - and where to find them - in order to successfully create your digital document.

On 10 October 2011, Adobe updated the Viewer Builder to add support for Apple Newsstand in iOS 5. This video shows the new feature in Viewer Builder for Pro and Enterprise Digital Publishing Suite users.

Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite offers both wireless and wired preview on Android tablets. This video talks about the technique for using a wired connection to put the preview onto your Android Tablet.

The mid-March update to Digital Publishing Suite introduces new features for custom Viewers for Digital Publishing Suite applications. This video introduces new features including: iPad3 support in Viewer Builder, bookmarks, and sharing to Facebook.

Discover best practices to measure ROI of your mobile or tablet app
Learn measurement strategies to quantify app impact—both for customer-facing and internal apps
Hear about case studies and how successful companies have determined ROI for mobile apps
Learn from Forrester Research about the factors you should measure, and how to weigh those with total cost

Adobe SiteCatalyst customers can access analytics data for their Digital Publsihing applications to discover information about how their readers are using their application and how they're interacting with the content. This video is a basic introduction to DPS analytics.

Build apps that comply with Apple iOS7 design guidelines, including new light-colored user interface design themes. Excite readers with an updated user interface that uses translucency, clarity, and motion to engage and draw readers into your content. Use newly designed slot icons, subscription dialogs, navigation bars, Activity Sheets for sharing and more in the Viewer UI to help your readers navigate within your app and experience your content within iOS7 design guidelines. In addition, share articles with people near you using AirDrop, available as a new sharing option in iOS7 apps. Generate interest in your content when recipients receive shared article links via AirDrop, and open articles with one-click access in the new Mobile Safari Web Viewer (available for iPad) to experience interactivity and rich article content in the browser.

Access new baseline analytics reports and view Standard Audience Accumulation metrics for digital readership that comply with the MPA Tablet Metrics guidelines. View new reports that deliver standard visibility into total readers, total sessions, total time spent per reader, and average sessions per reader - along with the ability to set accumulation settings across standard metrics. In addition, navigate baseline analytics dashboards more easily in the DPS Dashboard with a revamped, improved user interface. Gain access to analytics and export report data, including app launches, folio downloads, and content/interactivity performance - all more rapidly with the redesigned UI.

Encourage repeat readers and subscribers on iOS by alerting readers of new content with custom text notifications, provided through Digital Publishing Suite. Notify customers of new folio content through custom text messages, without having to integrate with a third-party push notification service. In addition, measure customer reaction to push notifications, including the number of readers who opt-in to receiving push alerts.